Well that's good news, then. I guess I assumed that '>100' implied that resistance should read significantly higher than 100 ohms, though not approaching infinite/open circuit. In this case, I go bravely on!
Thanks for taking the time to respond, Don, as well as to Mike, AB3AP. Mark, KB3OKS On Nov 26, 2007 7:30 PM, Don Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > If you had infinite readings on those that you marked 'XX', then they > too are OK. > Note the '>' symbol before the number - it means 'greater than', and > infinity is greater than 100k ohms. > > The readings listed have to cover all meters and circumstances. An > ohmmeter on a high resistance scale may respond to just your fingers > across the probes, so it would be counterproductive to write a reading > of 'infinity' in the manual - while '>100k' will cover most all meter > situations while still revealing a short somewhere. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > Mark Lampert (KB3OKS) wrote: > > I've just finished constructing my K1-4 filter board, and I'm failing > > three of the resistance checks which are all reading infinite > > resistance on my DMM: > > OK -- P1 pin 1, P1 pin 2 > > XX -- P1 pin 3, P1 pin 4 > > OK -- P2 pin 2, P2 pin 4 > > XX -- P3 pin 1, P3 pin 3 > > XX -- P3 pin 8, P3 pin 6 > > > > ... all others are OK, including all tests across U1. Meter looks ok > > and is reading 0.1 Ohms when probes are touched together. > > > > Thanks very much for your time, > > > > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
